Summary

In Chapter 61, Parks, Justineau and Melanie set out to search for Gallagher. Caldwell claimed she was too weak to walk. Melanie gets his scent right away. When the reach the mini mart Melanie tells Parks he should get out his gun as she sense there are hungries in the area. When they find Gallagher, it is much too late. Parks feels guilty because he let the boy die alone. Melanie says they should bury him but Parks angrily asks what the point would be. She replies that they need to honor Gallagher’s memory. Melanie reasons that if they can’t bury him, they should burn him. Even as Justineau tries to explain to Melanie why they can’t do that Parks decides they should do that. He gets a box of disposable lighters that he empties over Kieran’s body. As he...